Unseen trends and the society we are becoming.
Societies are evolving and complex, which often makes it hard to see at any moment where things are going. It was thus with the move...
Citizen-jury appointments?
Dear Troppodillians, lend me your critical eye. I ask you to consider the system of citizen-jury appointments I have in mind, and tell me how...
Cracking the code: How to tell what News Corp really thinks about the price of links
News Corp is telling us what Google should really pay for linking to its sites. It's telling us in code – HTML code. And the...
What stock markets tell us about the covid-mania.
Stock markets give us a glimpse what people with money have deduced about world events before they happen. Investors can make mistakes, sometimes terrible mistakes,...
6 post-Corona Institutional questions
The mass hysteria of the corona crisis is raging, with the resulting self-isolation of whole economies and populations. The loss seems greater with every new...
A dash for the deserts? What the solar revolution could lead to.
One of the best pieces of scientific news the last decades has been the spectacular improvements in solar energy generation. The current world price was...
Why Blockchain has no economic future.
[expanded from the post on JohnMenadue] When Bitcoin went public in 2009 it introduced to the world of finance and economics the technology of blockchain....